Wall Street Legend

  Chapter 34 Chinese Restaurant

  If you have three or four children, you can get thousands of dollars in relief while lying at home, and you can also get a lot of baby shopping coupons, so why do parents have to work hard?

  There are a large group of moths in the United States, who embezzle hundreds of billions of dollars in various relief funds every year. Ye Dongqing, Laura and others who really need help are distressed because they have no money to go to school. If she had received a full scholarship that year, even if she had only approved the student loan application, Ye Dongqing might not have gone astray.

  The United States has never been as good as people think. There are illegal and criminal incidents everywhere, social security is chaotic, and personal qualities vary. Overall, it is not high. When it comes to welfare, education, and social environment, many European countries can rank ahead of the United States, which is probably why Europeans like to rank higher than the United States.

  When Ye Dongqing entered the Chinese restaurant, she happened to see a Latina mother holding a child in her arms, one in the stroller, and another standing beside her, trying to pay the bill with infant shopping coupons.

  Shop owners like to receive this kind of official welfare receipts. Not only can they be exchanged for baby products, but they can also be used to buy cigarettes and alcohol. So the Chinese owner of the restaurant accepted it, stuffed the shopping voucher into his apron pocket, and waved his hand to let her take the child away.

Glancing at the big Mercedes-Benz G at the door, the boss, who looked to be in his forties, raised his chin and reminded him, "I'm driving such a nice car here for dinner. Are you afraid that the new car will be robbed later? They Take it apart and sell the parts directly, no one can find out where it was sold, next time it is better to take a taxi, it is safer."

   "Well, thank you for reminding me. It's still early. If it's after nine o'clock in the evening, I wouldn't dare to drive here. What's going on in your store, breaking so many bowls and chopsticks?"

   Neither Ye Dongqing nor Laura felt that there was anything wrong with the reminder from the Chinese restaurant owner. It is true that the order in New York is better than it was in the early 1990s, but it is not so good that people can rest assured.

  Going out at night and being robbed after revealing your wealth is a high probability event. There are so many shootings that the media don’t bother to report them. Even if you have to go out at night, it is best to take the bustling main road, and it is always right to be careful.

"Don't mention it. Someone robbed the money in my drawer more than half an hour ago. It was all small bills. The total amount was more than a hundred. The rest was put in other places." The restaurant owner picked up a cigarette and lit it. After that, he turned on the range hood to smell the smoke, and his expression was very calm.

   Judging from his words, it seems that this kind of thing often happens, he already has experience, and knows to put money in two places.

  Ye Dongqing smiled, picked a seat to sit down, and said:

"More than one hundred dollars, this number is just right, you won't feel pain in the flesh, and the other party won't think it's too little. I'll finish eating and leave quickly. I park this car in front of your store. It's always like saying to them Hurry up and **** me, maybe you've already been targeted."

"I just said that, don't take it seriously, those little thieves have the guts to rob us, because the police are too lazy to deal with it. I have reported the crime three times before, but I have never caught a prisoner. Now I am too lazy to continue to call 911. The police just register and do nothing. , Delayed my business time.

  But it’s different for you rich people. You might check carefully. If you don’t know about the 30,000 police officers in New York, you’ll think there are only 300 of them. When it comes to them, I get angry. Anyway, there are more than one hundred dollars, and the business is useless today. If there are not many regular customers, I really want to open a shop in another place! "

Putting the menu on the table, the owner of the restaurant took a pen and asked: "If you want to eat that dish, tell me, except for fish head with chopped peppers. I haven't seen you before. How about trying this stewed chicken with mushrooms?" As long as it is Chinese, everyone will say that it is delicious.”

   "Let's have one, Kung Pao Chicken and Mapo Tofu. My friend has never eaten authentic Chinese food. Let's put less spicy, and another bowl of haggis soup..."

  In this day and age, the restaurant owner has never met Ye Dongqing, but Ye Dongqing knows him. I used to eat it often, not to mention other dishes, the taste of haggis soup is really unique.

  It is hard work to run a restaurant business, but the owner’s daughter was upbeat, and was admitted to the Yale Law Department. Unfortunately, she is of yellow race and a girl, and her future development will be restricted even if she is admitted as a lawyer.

  It is the same reason as not seeing a few black lawyers in high-level law firms. It is not appropriate to use the word "reason" and it is more appropriate to change it to "prejudice". This is how society is, and it is not easy to change.

  However, even a small lawyer has a better future than a restaurant business.

It is difficult to live in the United States. In recent years, there are more wealthy Chinese among the immigrant groups. Most of the old Chinese can only open businesses such as Chinese restaurants, laundry shops, and printing shops. Otherwise, they set up a fruit stand and sell clothes. , I can't talk about good days, I can only say make do.

Neighbors will be envious of anyone who has a lawyer. American lawyers belong to the high-income group. When Ye Dongqing was sued, he spent more than two million dollars just to hire a lawyer, and successfully shortened his sentence from about four years to Just a few months.

Later, there were also some prisons outside, playing golf, watching movies and TV shows, and playing cards with former governors, celebrities and others when nothing happened. After a few months, I won a yacht. Apart from restricting freedom, I didn’t suffer too much. It is a special benefit for the rich.

   Just order three dishes and one soup, and two more people can't finish it.

   Before entering the kitchen, the owner of the restaurant pointed to Laura's back and made a thumbs up gesture, with a look of admiration written on his face.

  In Chinese-American circles, many girls are picked up by white men, but it is not easy for Chinese to pick up white girls, especially such a beautiful young girl, who is rarely seen on the street.

  Knowing what the other party misunderstood, Ye Dongqing raised the corners of her mouth and did not specifically explain.

Just now Laura couldn’t get her mouth open, so she asked him curiously, “How do you use chopsticks? I used to eat Chinese food with a fork, and those dishes. I’ve only heard of Kung Pao Chicken. The others are not surprising. your food?"

   "Don't worry, it will never poison you to death. What you ate before is not authentic, but the real Chinese food made by this restaurant may feel a bit strange, just get used to it.

When you can accept their taste, you will understand how huge and rich the cultural system of Chinese food is, and it is more like an art. For example, the two kinds on the table, vinegar and soy sauce, must be fermented with grain for a long time. How long will it take? I'm not sure, but it won't be short anyway. "

  "I like oriental culture. If this restaurant is better decorated and full of cultural atmosphere like the Japanese restaurant I ate last night, it will be even better. It is not only a taste enjoyment, but also a visual enjoyment."

  After Laura finished speaking, she added: "But that will cost a lot of money, so this kind of affordable small restaurant is more suitable for me."

  Ye Dongqing held a pair of chopsticks in her hand, demonstrated it skillfully to Laura, and asked casually: "Looks like you hurt your wallet yesterday, how much did you spend on that barbecue?"

  “…more than seven hundred dollars, don’t mention such sad things.

  I can only comfort myself that the Kobe Wagyu beef is very beautiful. It’s the first time in my life that I saw beef sold by the gram. What’s even more exasperating is that it’s not a gentleman at all. You eat 90% of it after I’m roasted! "

   "Ha! Laura, you can eat whatever you want tonight, even if you order the whole menu, I won't say anything."

   "It's silly, but you should save money, Leo."

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  (end of this chapter)